Show AS MEHDI ALI SEES IT I 1 I 1 an ali indian mahometano Maho on oil the tile afghan crisis the bombay gazette of march 20 contains a remarkable letteron letter on the VA f ghan crisis from mch ali M nawaz nawa z jung political and F financial in ancial Sec secretary L L to his thiet hilliness Hi gliness the nizam of IZ der abad the following iol lowing are among the more interesting passages we have rt read russian de anuncia nuncia eions of E england wo we see that she is under tinder the impression that once in india ehe she will wil I 1 be welcomed welcome by every ever native state and we have even seen the program of a ca campaign in in 1 india published in ill russian ers pap papers in n which wo are told that dussias Rus sias molicy is 13 to strike a blow against england in in india in order evenou ally to get constantinople the advance of russia is no longer a fact fat scare or bugbear t but an actual and what is the effect of this ad vanco upon the native states and peoples afindia of india do we look upon russia as a n liberator no most emphatically no russian rule means not only imperi imperialism alis in but despotism russian rule means corruption of justice tho the stifling of public opinion tyranny and oppression of a bureaucracy and servile c courts arts f justice russia may introduce comparative civilization in khiva or in such coun tries her rule may mean progress in india it would mean retrogression but eay gay the russian theorists india is 13 Pil sighing 11 lhing under tho tile yoke of an all alien conqueror and will wel como come us as deliverers Is this true again I 1 say no at what stage of the worlds history has bas there been a free and united india was it when the aryans poured in crowds over the hindmo koosh settled in the fertile valley odthe gauges cang 69 spread towards the south and made subject every aboriginal race that came across acro s the their ir p path aali wag was it when every hindmo do kingdom wag was fighting against the tile other was ivas it w when hen the mahometano Maho blaho armies under the caliphs generals subdued tile earth was it when there were nt at least a aezen dozen independent mabom man oa doo kajs dw was a it witt when ien tl the ic at afghans g hans took delhi or when the tartars founded a dynasty all and finally was it free and united when the mogul subdued every prince whether hindmo or Ma balioni lioni etan from Pesha to cape corn com orin or after death when the mogul empire fell to pieces was india free and united when rava ravaged el 1 by the hordes of gholam ach khader ader of the Mah Z la bratts ratta pei shwas and find of nadir shall again no india has never been free until the british appeared on the scene scene and she did not know what peace 0 meant until she heard boar 1 I of tile pax britannica are the english more alien to people peorl e of india than afghan sultans or than mogul emperors for years the states of india fought against the alien rulers whose main policy was bloodshed and rapine it is 13 only during the last laa 80 years that we have enjoyed peace because our present rulers ruler s have left us IO nothing thIng more to fight for english peace wo ive know anil an english justice and civilization can then anyone for a moment think we shall welcome russian despotism and russian corruption yup tion iiii it is said that the native states arc are dissatisfied and the peo pea pic pie discontented are there any 9 rounds for these statements no J doubt there are many grievances mysore aou would id like to have have lier her tribute reduced reduce d Hyder abad would like to get back the berak acin dia would like to b have ave the furt fort of restored Tra would like lile to have two more wore gulis added to her salute the educated baboon and B A aa s would like to I 1 appointments thrown have more to them thein all this is no doubt open true but does the ventilation of these grievances mean disloyalty and discontent again no what aro are tacie 0 grievances compared with what the princes and the people have had bad to suffer for centuries before C tho the british rule in ID former conqueror mai made cle a desert times a and called it peace pence death was often the 1 punishment punishment unish ment for defense attack against an in unprovoked tho the nephew as assassinated sas his uncle hia his father and Toi poisoned the son boa murdered his hi br brother a faithful faith tul rewarded b by fine imprisonment servant was afi and often death ath no one put foiw forward ard a grievance unless he lie bad an art army ny t to back it up with As for the P people cople they were nvere silent meant further opples biou for protest it is is bebau because ae opi 0 ofin have learnt to put faith in in bridia british tish justice that now 80 MADY c oln have learn t plaints plaines arc are heard they bat that co courts arts of jil justice stice are ind epen dent that a british ju judge 0 does not dot hesitate to give an aawar alward amt a wo tile government overn ment if the latter is in in tho the that the higher official is ready wrong to hl bear ar an appeal against the order orser orllis of his subordinate and und tha that of british justice is no respecter the lowest subject and gives persons of appealing tc to the opportunity eject this u the court of the empress the r reason why they now como for ward with confidence their corn com are proofs rather of than of disloyalty of course ician empire eo so large as india it is impossible 11 0 8 lible that all can be satisfied r even 1 an british officials are human and it est errara the brit ish as a nation are just but still there are individuals who commit injustice in the name there fore of my fellow subjects I 1 protest against an expression of grievances grievances being considered a sign of dialogs ally |